SJSU Research Guides: Meteorology & Climate Sciences: Finding Background Information

The Basics

The following resources will help you find background information on your topic.

NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory
NOAA's Satellite and Information Service helps you visualize climate science topics and concepts.
Encyclopedia of Earth
EoE is working to become the world's largest and most authoritative electronic source of information about the environments of Earth and their interactions with society.

GreenFile This link opens in a new window
GreenFILE draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
Gale Ebooks This link opens in a new window
GVRL provides access to over 5,000 electronic reference books on subjects such as health, biology, gerontology, occupational therapy, and many more.
Oxford Reference This link opens in a new window
The Oxford Reference Online Premium contains about 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University press

World Factbook
Basic information and statistics on countries of the world in many categories (maps, people, geography, economy, government, transportation, communications, military, etc.).

World Geography This link opens in a new window
General information on countries of the world, including overviews of the culture, environment, history, and government. It also has maps, the flag, lists of events, and biographies.